Latest Posts by squidvetica - Page 4

So….. this is crazy. 😅

The first image with the splash of color is from 2021, the second image is from today in 2024!

Please do not give up on art; Learning the skills and getting better is so rewarding even if the progress is slow at times 💖

NEVER GIVE UP! 💪🥰✨

Sunshine Boy ☀️

Decided to color him in! I love how he looks :’)

I keep posting to the wrong page 😭

Anyways I love Hayden so much 👉👈

C I E L A N

Wow rendering is hard! LMAO

Anyways, I really enjoy how this came out. Didn’t know what I was doing in the first half but we got there!

Anyways this is my blue alien elf, Cielan. You know em you love em. They’re pretty darn cool and they were the first one I made out of the current four lol

This is Kaavah, my big dragon god dude from my story. He’ll be coming up way later on- but he is Very Cool, Very Swag, Very Demure(TM).

He finally looks like how I imagine him. Took me three tries before this haha 😭✨

(Ugh uploaded this to the WRONG account. LAME.)

Here's my new Stardew OC, Chèvre!

His dad named him that because he was a cheese maker and goat cheese is his favorite cheese. There's more about him and stuff that I have on my brain but for now enjoy the art! 🥰

His sprite for reference:

It's officially Xoinu's 12th birthday!

I hope someday if my comic blows up people will love him and enjoy him, but nobody will ever love him like I love him.

It's funny, he's always just.. been there.

He's one of my characters yeah, and he isn't real.. but he's kind of like a long time friend of mine.

We grew up together in a way.

I remember when I made him, he was 16 in my imagination and I was 14 irl. Now he is perpetually 23, and I continue to get older.

I have so many feelings about him and how much he means to me. He will always have so much space in my heart.

A friend, a reflection of me and my growth, and the reason why l've become a comic artist. He is all of these things and more, and I love him dearly.

Thank you, Xoinu. And happy birthday

Added some Details(TM)

Drew this in MS Paint to prove to myself I don’t NEED 3D models to make art. They make life easier, and they help you learn, but yeah! Really proud of this. This is Avi. :)

Drew this in MS Paint to prove to myself I don’t NEED 3D models to make art. They make life easier, and they help you learn, but yeah! Really proud of this. This is Avi. :)

A remake of a two year old piece I made back in early 2022 :)

Here is the initial sketch I did for it with a WIP. Had to search my bestie’s dm’s for it LMAO

Gonna add more to this post because people are eating him the fuck UP (as they should, he’s such a hottie for real).

Here’s his sword and hookshot/grapple hook attachments.

Does he need to typically punch stuff after turning them into a donut??? No. But someday he might and it’s badass af LMAO

Iiiit’s Koga!

Haven’t drawn him in forever, and this time he’s in his uniform!

He has super cool attachments for his arm like a sword and hookshot! He also has a prosthetic arm but most of the time he goes without it.

Depending on when you started following me you may recognize this composition- because this is the third time I've drawn it LOL

Here's the old versions, I like the newest one the most because the dark flames really fit the dragon.

The font on the *thump* is better too on the newest one.

I hope you like my traumatized little man LMAO- Sorry, Xoinu. Had to do it to ya.

Iiiit’s Koga!

Haven’t drawn him in forever, and this time he’s in his uniform!

He has super cool attachments for his arm like a sword and hookshot! He also has a prosthetic arm but most of the time he goes without it.

Tested some new Acon3D assets this morning! Very VERY impressive. I needed to recreate the explosion/ fire in the bg because I draw at 600dpi and the brush just wasn’t big enough for that. That’s fine though, no brush is that high res- especially ones that do all of the crazy things this can do.

Sometimes you just have to draw yourself with your fave blorbos to heal something deep within your soul

(This is your sign to do the same 👁️👁️ haha jk……. Unless?????????)

Happy Birthday to my 6’8”, 23 year old elven son!! 🤣

Xoinu’s official birthday is on August 15th, but I thought I’d post this now since I finished it.

The Eastern Pillar that’s in the pic isn’t the best since I’m not thaaaat great at drawing architecture but whatever it’s Good Enough™️. (Just don’t look too closely haha 😭)

Someone is cooking up a present for Xoinu’s 12 birthday! ;)

I can’t believe how fast 12 years went by- but I won’t get too sentimental until it’s finished lol.

(His birthday is August 15th!)

It would take too much time to give full context so here you go- contextless content LMAO

This is not going into Xoinu’s story because the alien’s lore is going to be a separate thing since there’s just too much to cover.

Again this is all monochrome so doing the screentones was a pain in the butt; I hope you enjoy my blood, sweat, and tears whenever I post one of my page WIPs LOL 😭

Iliana revamp! 🥰✨

First image is the new design, second image is her old design. I wanted to make her outfit more simple while still maintaining her purple/red/orange aesthetic 😄

(This is Xoinu’s mom by the way, but you probably guessed that from the hair LOL)

I finally drew all of them! Cielan was the hardest to make because I could not pin down their style. Found it tho 😎✨

Cielan and Eterna from long ago, before they came to Earth 🥰

Cutie pies for reals! ✨😭

800+ views on WebToon Canvas! 💖

Wow, I'm so close to 1k views on my WebToon! Thank you all so much for supporting me and my work. I'm sorry I haven't updated in months, its very hard to balance life with making your own manga but I will try to update as soon as possible! I can't wait to get to the good parts so I can share with all of you!

Thank you for the love, patience, and support through this creative endeavor. It really does mean the world to me and while 800 views may not seem like a lot to some people, it's a lot for me.

If you are a new follower of mine and haven't read my webcomic yet, you can check it out at this link!

You guys are the best! And again, thank you so much! 🥰✨

Oh my god…… they look so SLAY together………..

I love digital art for this reason, you can just combine images from two different canvases fairly easily and they look like they belong together >:))

Maybe I will make one for Cielan and Eterna too, it’s slowly convincing me to 🤔🤣

Cosmia and Solynn looking very funky and cool 😤✨

Is it from an AU? I don’t think so, I just wanted to draw them in human clothes :))

Cosmia and Solynn looking very funky and cool 😤✨

Is it from an AU? I don’t think so, I just wanted to draw them in human clothes :))

Redraw of a piece I made years ago that I do not have the og file of anymore. So! Now I’ll have this one :)

Baby Xoinu and his mama :3 💕 (He actually looks two now instead of five like in the original lololol. I didn’t know how to draw kids very well. 💀)

I finally finished this oh my god 😭✌️

Procrastination is so real. Anyways I hope you like this LMAO

(Yeah Cosmia’s a little insensitive when she thinks men are hitting on her lololol)

Welp.

There are caveats to being a digital artist. When you create traditional artwork, you have a tangible copy of your work unless you give it away or discard it. However, with digital art it is not that simple. What happens when cloud service fails? What happens when something goes wrong, you lose your device, your device dies, or your files get corrupted? You are left with nothing. That's what's so frustrating about this wonderful medium.

I love digital art. I could not go back to traditional because I simply do not enjoy it as much as digital. Digital, once you get used to it, is infinitely more convenient than traditional in terms of workflow (unless you really hate using tech.). But man.. when shit hits the fan it HITS the fan. I almost lost all of this year's work and my comic, and the only thing that saved it was transferring files by airdrop between my devices. If I were not invested in the apple ecosystem the way I am (except for my windows laptop) I would have lost it all today.

Anyways. That sucked. I typically don't make updates on this account since its supposed to be my art showcase, but I felt a need to talk about this. 😅

On the bright side, I didn't lose any brushes or any work, and the only thing I have to do is restore my character models/ remake some of them. But man that was close.

These two will always by my OTP and that’s a FACT 😤✨

This is taking literally forever LOL

Oh well, it’ll be worth it haha 😭✨

Absolutely tragic lovers 😭

“Oh, Maia!! My Maia!!! I've missed you too..!!!”